Justice Ginsburg’s Ominous Warning About Creeping Corporate Power

Notorious R.B.G. gave an ominous dissent to the first divided decision of the current Supreme Court term. We caught up with Herman Cain in Nevada and asked him to weigh in on the 2016 GOP field (spoiler alert: he's a fan). Plus, meet the protesters who out-shouted Donald Trump.

Justice Ginsburg’s Ominous Warning About Creeping Corporate Power

Racism In Retail: An Industry-Wide Problem?

Luxury fashion house Alexander McQueen is being sued for racial discrimination. Again. ...(read more)

Herman Cain On Trump, Gun Control, And The Next Administration

Meet The Protesters Who Just Shouted Down Donald Trump In Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, NV — Hotel mogul and GOP frontrunner Donald Trump had just handed the microphone over to a group of parents of people killed by undocumented immigrants when the chants began to ring out in the cavernous hall at the Westgate Casino. ...(read more)

Oregon Is The Latest Target Of Right-Wing Effort To Get Rid Of National Forests

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Goodbye, Middle Class–Hello Donald Trump?

Goodbye, Middle Class–Hello Donald Trump?   A study finding a drop in the percentage of Americans in the middle class has political elites anxious.   JOAN WALSH

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Why Is the FBI Obsessed With This Portland Imam and His Mosque?   Ever since 9/11, federal investigators have profiled and harassed Sheikh Mohamed Abdirahman Kariye. Yet he has never been charged with a terrorism-related crime.   ZOË CARPENTER

‘Chi-raq’ Reveals Spike Lee’s Outdated Race Politics   At its heart, Chi-raq is a critique of the hypermasculine posturing that props up so much gang violence—but it only examines what that means for men, not women.   MYCHAL DENZEL SMITH

After Paris, There Is Some Room for Hope   Good news and climate change are not normally associated with each other, but let's give a tentative cheer for COP21.   MICHAEL T. KLARE

‘Plantation Politics’: Racist Legislation Stalks the Mizzou Football Team   A Missouri lawmaker is attempting to ensure that football players are seen but not heard.   DAVE ZIRIN

Will Spain Replace Its Old Guard in the December 20 Elections?   While the new-left hope Podemos has seen its support drop in recent months, the center-right Ciudadanos has risen meteorically.   BÉCQUER SEGUÍN, SEBASTIAAN FABER

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How California Invented Christmas

How California Invented Christmas Joe Mathews: Too many Scrooges—including my wife, who is insisting our family spend this year’s holiday in her native Wisconsin—fail to recognize an essential truth: California is the true home of Christmas.  READ HERE shared from

TUESDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2015 No, Trump’s Racist Anti-Muslim Proposal Is Very American Sikivu Hutchinson: One of my pet peeves is those who self-righteously claim that these fascist acts are “un-American”, when they are merely chickens coming home to roost. READ MORE Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend Finding World Peace Kristin Christman: The enormously imbalanced emphasis placed on destructive intelligence hamstrings foreign policy by burdening interrogators, troops, and drone pilots with the belief that their destructive actions are vital to American security. READ MORE The Danger of Care Kathy Kelly: Hoping to escape the attack, the six men made a break for the hospital entrance. As Khalid ran, the U.S. helicopter AC-130 gunship was strafing fleeing survivors. READ MORE Support First Prisoner Solidarity Delegation to Palestine Hank Jones: The Palestinian struggle parallels the just struggles of the South Africans, my African-American and Latino brothers and sisters, and all oppressed peoples worldwide. READ MORE How California Invented Christmas Joe Mathews: Too many Scrooges—including my wife, who is insisting our family spend this year’s holiday in her native Wisconsin—fail to recognize an essential truth: California is the true home of Christmas. READ HERE

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11 corrupt corporations you should protest and 2 more that aren't quite as bad as you thought.

The heartbreaking reality of heartbreak, beautifully told in a 16-part comic.

11 corrupt corporations you should protest and 2 more that aren't quite as bad as you thought.

He 'won't lower his standards' to hire women. Why this comment tells us a lot.

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Laude family to file criminal complaint at the DOJ and Petition for Certiorari at SC tomorrow at 10 AM

Laude family to file criminal complaint at the DOJ and Petition for Certiorari at SC tomorrow at 10 AM by harryroque

Notice for Coverage
Reference: Atty. Harry Roque, Jr. 09175398096

The family of Jennifer Laude will file a complaint charging Presidential Commission on Visiting Forces Agreement (PCVF) Undersecretary Eduardo Oban Jr. with the crime of OPEN DISOBEDIENCE under Article 231 of the Revised Penal Code at the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday, 16 December 2015, at 10 AM.
At 10:30 AM, the Laude family will proceed to the Supreme Court (SC) to file a Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition asking the court to declare that the December 1, 2015 Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Bureau of Corrections, and the General Headquarters and the Headquarters Service Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, with respect to the custody and/or detention of the now convicted Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton, in violation of the equal protection clause and an executive encroachment on the power and authority of the Judicial Department.
The Laude family will be accompanied by Atty. Harry L. Roque Jr., Atty. Romel R. Bagares and Atty. Gilbert T. Andres

harryroque | December 15, 2015 at 8:36 am 

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Flush the TPP Update - Action plan on trade and climate!

Flush the TPP Update - Action plan on trade and climate!

Now that COP21 is over, the paths to trade and climate justice are clearly connected.

Corporate Greed Resisters! We want to extend a warm welcome to our new corporate treaty resisters who have taken the action pledge or joined the Buycott for Trade Justice. To be effective, the Buycott must GROW. Please spread the word by forwarding this email or the link below to people you know. Then check out the important next steps below. BUYCOTT FOR TRADE JUSTICE. Now that the COP21 is concluded and a treaty was signed, our struggle for trade justice is more important than ever. The Paris Treaty, which doesn't start until 2020, contains insufficient carbon commitments to meet its stated goal of no more than 2 degrees Celsius of warming and lacks the goal of phasing off fossil fuels. The trade treaties, which are critical because they will undermine the goals of the Paris Treaty, were NOT even discussed. Talk about an elephant in the room! It is crystal clear that trade justice and climate justice are intimately connected and that it is up to us to organize against the forces of greed to create the solutions we need for a livable future. It's an epic battle of the people versus the transnational corporations. Let's make our children (living and future) proud by being the ones who come together and make these necessary changes. We can do it. Check out the Flush the TPP News Page to find more articles on trade and climate change, including this Action Paper from Local Futures. Here are next steps: 1. Join the Buycott for Trade Justice. We are building power to create an economic impact of our own and to put in place an economy that raises standards globally. This will take time to build. The holiday season is a great time to start. Click here for more information and let us know if you want to join the buycott working group. 2. Get ready for the president's state of the union address on Jan. 12. We expect a deluge of misinformation about the TPP after the state of the union and we must be prepared to correct it. Become a media mobilizer by clicking here. 3. Plan a local action in February when national leaders sign the TPP. We have ten cities signed up so far! Leaders of TPP countries are expected to sign the TPP on February 4, 2016. Let us know if you are interested in planning a local action around the signing and/or the week ofFebruary 15 when members of Congress are at home. Click here to contact us! To get involved with organizing actions to stop the TPP/TTIP/TiSA, join the weekly TPP Resistance calls on Wednesdaynights at 9 pm Eastern/6 pm Pacific. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE CALL. Let's grow this movement of movements. Join the call and invite other TPP resisters too!  And, if you are able, please donate to support this work. Click here to donate.We currently out of Stop the TPP T shirts, but if enough people want one, we will order another batch. Thank you! Unite for Global Justice, FlushtheTPP Team TPP Occucards Flush the TPP on the web Flush the TPP on Facebook Flush the TPP on Twitter, @FlushTheTPP

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Donald Trump Has An Absolutely Terrifying Plan For The Supreme Court

The next president could leave an outsize presence on history through the Supreme Court -- which makes GOP frontrunner Donald Trump's plan all the more terrifying. ThinkProgress' Igor Volsky explains how President Obama and rising gun sales are connected, and we went to a gun show to talk to enthusiasts about background checks-- what they have to say might surprise you. Donald Trump Has An Absolutely Terrifying Plan For The Supreme Court Nevada Gun Show Enthusiasts Have A Big Disagreement With The NRA LAS VEGAS, NV — Surrounded by monogrammed assault rifle parts, bulletproof vests, and rows and rows of guns, many of the tattooed, bearded vendors at the Las Vegas Gun Show had an unexpected stance on the state’s proposal for expanded background checks ...(read more) Why President Obama Is The Biggest Driver Of Gun Sales Andy Richter’s Twitter Is No Joke Serena Williams Makes History Again After one of the most impressive and dominating years of her career, Serena Williams has been named the 2015 Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year ...(read more) ThinkProgress | Center for American Progress Action Fund 1333 H ST NW | Washington, DC 20005 Contributions to Center for American Progress Action Fund are not tax deductible

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